February 2002 issue of Prospect Magazine (#71)
Features
Paul Broks / February 20, 2002
Are we more than the sum of our memories?
James Crabtree / February 20, 2002
Do Manuel Castells's grand theories deserve their grand reputation?
Michael Holroyd / February 20, 2002
It is my first visit to China since 1993 and the place seems a lot more relaxed-both...
V S Naipaul / February 20, 2002
Now near the end of his work, the Nobel prize winner reflects on his early childhood in...
David Robertson / February 20, 2002
The growing together of common law and code law systems is an unsung success story of the...
Richard Lapper / February 20, 2002
The current crisis in Argentina highlights Latin America's mixed experience with...
Kamila Shamsie / February 20, 2002
Dear Sunil
8th January 2002
In seven years at university in the US, I met a great many...
David Gelernter / February 20, 2002
The perceived possibilities of photography and postmodern art have killed painting....
Michael Baum / February 20, 2002
The advent of genetic medicine has so far made little difference in the battle against...
Opinions
Robert Fenner / February 20, 2002
Hang on to your old body parts-they might be worth something.
Paul Ormerod / February 20, 2002
Segregation along class, racial or religious lines is inevitable and will happen even in...
Pervez Hoodbhoy / February 20, 2002
One of Pakistan's leading scientists gives a frank account of the political and...
Arts & Books
John Davies / February 20, 2002
We cannot study television classics like literary ones. They're locked away in...
Richard Jenkyns / February 20, 2002
It is hard for intellectuals analysing popular culture to retain a sense of proportion
Andrew Mango / February 20, 2002
Istanbul straddles Islam and Europe. Novelist Orhan Pamuk explains how
Tim King / February 20, 2002
Julian Barnes's nostalgia for lost Gallic virtues pleases both the French and the English